News & Events
27/10/2011 - African governments need to boost agriculture on the continent to help feed the growing population by lending their support to technological advances, declared a senior representative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa on Wednesday.
Categories: Ethiopia, Agriculture & Agro-industries
27/10/2011 - The sixth African Economic Conference went into its second day on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, where delegates are focusing on thematic environmental and climate issues affecting African countries.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change
27/10/2011 - M. Mthuli Ncube, économiste en chef de la BAD a présidé, mercredi dans la capitale éthiopienne, la deuxième séance plénière de la Conférence économique africaine, sur le thème : Croissance durable en Afrique du Nord – quelles leçons pour le continent ?
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change
26/10/2011 - L’économiste en chef et vice-président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Mthuli Ncube, a précisé le 25 octobre à Addis-Abeba les sources de financement de l’économie verte de l’Afrique. Le financement pourrait provenir de l’aide publique au développement (50 milliards de dollars), du continent lui-même à travers les emprunts internationaux (400 milliards de dollars), de la diaspora africaine (40 milliards) ainsi que des marchés des capitaux, des excédents budgétaires de l’Inde et de la Chine, et du futur fonds vert pour l’Afrique.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change
26/10/2011 - The green economy provides an innovative response framework for the structural transformation of the global economy, which has become inevitable given the global threats and impacts of climate change, said Desta Mebratu, the Africa Regional Office Deputy Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change
25/10/2011 - Africa’s current buoyant economic growth rates could be hit by the continuing economic crisis in the developed world, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change
26/09/2011 - The Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) held its 2011 Partnership Forum from the 15th to the 16th of September in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 2011 MFW4A Partnership Forum was hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and organized with the support of the African Union (AU).
Categories: Ethiopia, Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership, Chief Economist's Office
15/09/2011 - On 15 September 2011, the Partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) will officially launch a new flagship publication, “Financing Africa: Through the Crisis and Beyond” in Addis Ababa.
Categories: Ethiopia, Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership
12/09/2011 - In closing intensive discussions on peacebuilding and statebuilding in Africa, African leaders and assembled experts called for new peace- and statebuilding goals to guide global aid and country level action. They stressed the importance of shared assessment and management of risk to support transitions out of fragility and increase investments in country systems and local capacity.
Categories: Ethiopia, Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership
08/09/2011 - African leaders from fragile and conflict-affected countries called for a reassessment of the Millennium Development Goals and new approaches to development in Africa during a regional meeting on peace- and statebuilding organized by the African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-9 September 2011. Their aim was to shape the agenda for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea in November 2011.
Categories: Ethiopia, Economic & Financial Governance, Fragile States Facility
